House roll call 96 · 78th Congress · Jan 26, 1944
To agree to conference report on S. 1543, a bill providing mustering out pay for certain armed service veterans.
On Jan 26, 1944, the House voted 276–103 (S 1543). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 160–34, Republicans 117–68, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 102 members voted against their own party.
During the 78th Congress (1943–1944), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 276
- No
- 103
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 26, 1944
By party
- Democrats160 yes · 34 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans117 yes · 68 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted no
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Oren Harris D-AR voted no
- Clair Engle D-CA voted no
- Thomas Rolph R-CA voted no
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted no
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA voted no
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted no
- George Elmer Outland D-CA voted no
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA voted no
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted no
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA voted no
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
- John Phillips R-CA voted no
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
- William Jennings Miller R-CT voted no
- John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT voted no
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT voted no
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT voted no
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE voted no
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted no
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted no
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL voted no
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted no
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted no
- James Michael Curley D-MA voted no
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
- Daniel Ellison R-MD voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI voted no
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted no
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted no
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted no
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC voted no
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted no
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH voted no
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ voted no
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ voted no
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted no
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
- Hamilton Fish R-NY voted no
- Harry Palmer Jeffrey R-OH voted no
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted no
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA voted no
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA voted no
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
And 22 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Calvin Dean Johnson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- William Price Elmer R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Louis Joseph Capozzoli D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Thomas Francis Burchill D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Joseph Mruk R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Edmund Rowe R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Charles Frederick Pracht R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Jim Nance Mccord D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Daniel Ellison R-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Harry Palmer Jeffrey R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- William Irvin Troutman R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Voted present
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
Did not vote
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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